Fernando Alonso in the Box Seat, But the 2010 Formula One Battle Rages On

There has never been a closer Formula One season than 2010. As we head into the last race there are still four drivers who have a mathematical chance of winning the driver’s championships, with first placed Fernando Alonso leading fourth-placed Lewis Hamilton by 24 points, with Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel in between down eight and 15 points down respectively. Just in case anyone believes that this is a artifact as a result of the generous new points system, if we applied last year’s points system, we would still have a four-way battle with Alonso on 99 points, Webber 96, Vettel 94 and Hamilton on 92. Going back to the old-old points system (10-6-4-3-2-1) would see Hamilton drop out of contention, but still a three way battl...

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